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convo-dayIIT-Kharagpur to tap student talent for alternatives to Chinese apps

The Times of India (July 2, 2020)

Kolkata: IIT to tap student talent for alternatives to Chinese apps

KOLKATA: With India banning 59 Chinese apps, IIT Kharagpur plans to make most of the market opportunity by helping indigenous players. The institute is likely to call for submission of app development projects by students, which will be sponsored by the institute.

With many students from the IITs powering the strongest corporations in the digital space, IIT Kharagpur also plans to provide tech support to the Indian businesses and companies contemplating to build alternative apps as a substitute for Chinese ones.

IIT Kharagpur director Virendra Kumar Tewari pointed out, "We have a start-up ecosystem of our Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park, where start-ups can be incubated, helped with both seed funding and developing of such apps. We are also planning on calling for a submission of app development projects by students, which we can sponsor." (Read More)